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• Grow More Hair With iGrow
• Amazon Is Giving Away Freebies
• A Green Vegetated Workspace Or House
• Mr. Porter Will Be Launched Just For Men
• Volvo V60 Estate – Diesel Plug-in Hybrid Version
• iPad 2 will arrive soon

Grow More Hair With iGrow Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:32 AM PST Hair is a very essential part of our appearance, except for those who choose to be bald. For those who want hair, or more hair it can be a very daunting task to maintain and take care of hair. As we get older, hair growth changes and hence it is difficult to have thicker hair as we get older. Those who are balding or who have skinny hair, need not fret, since there is a solution for this now. iGrow promises to help you grow back hair that you have lost over the years without any discomfort. iGrow looks like a helmet, and uses 21 laser diodes and 30LED lights to help you grow hair better. Apira Science who has come up with the product claim that it enhances hair growth in a few weeks and if that does not happen you can have your money back and thats guaranteed. There is still some amount of skepticism over the web regarding such products and since there is limited information available regarding iGrow it is still on the list of “unsure” products. There is no information regarding the power source or how long it should be worn to increase hair growth. If you have searched the web for such products, you wouldnt have turned up a long list of authentic results and so if you are interested in getting an iGrow, it can be bought for $695. Some people might find it attractive and it can probably be used as a helmet if things do not work out as hoped. Via: Dvice

Amazon Is Giving Away Freebies Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:32 AM PST When Amazon hit the web it was instantly crowded with customers. Amazon is a great website and a perfect example of B2C kind of business. It incorporates several retailers and brings a wide variety of choices to its customers. Hence, it is not surprising that it has a loyal following of regular customers. And, if you are an Amazon Prime customer spending $79 per year for free expedited shipping for all your orders, then you are going to be rewarded well for it from now on. Amazon is providing its prime customers with over 5000 movies and TV shows to stream for no extra cost along with the free shipping that they receive. This new service is very similar to Netflix and has similar set of selections as well. It has been developed to work in-browser as well as through the Roku set-top box. It has not been mentioned whether similar services will be added to the gaming consoles and other set-top boxes like Netflix has but that might happen in the near future as well. So much for $79 is definitely cheaper than Netflix, and along with it also comes with a free two-day Amazon shipping. The option for streaming it to your television is still lacking and that is probably the only drawback of this new feature, which otherwise looks very promising. Via: Dvice

A Green Vegetated Workspace Or House Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:31 AM PST Samyn and Partners worked together with Patrick Blanc and came up with this cool green Vertical Garden Workspace that can also dub as a house since it does not lack on space. The green vertical garden workspace/house has been completed after 8 years of construction and it stands green and gorgeous in Linkebeek, Belgium. The original plan was to use the ivy plant and patinated copper material was going to be used for the roof. While the construction was still on, the innovative creators had enough time to come up with better ideas that made it more green, and hence now there is a lush green envelope of exotic plants that drapes the place instead of copper and ivy. This cool green structure can serve as a home or a workspace since it has an entry, office, a kitchen, living room, and a stairway that extends to the rest of the building.The addition of a mezzanine made it possible to accomodate a master suite, bedrooms and bathrooms as well. The mezzanine is protected with textile netting and the window that receives excessive sunlight has been draped with white polyester curtains from ceiling to the ground for optimal control of temperature. Privacy will not be an issue since the vegetated sides of this glass house face the sides that open up to blank spaces. Felt stapled onto rigid PVC panels are the support system for irrigation and fertilization of the greenery that covers this vertical garden workspace/house. Via: Inhabitat

Mr. Porter Will Be Launched Just For Men Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST Just like Net-A-Porter helped women out when it came to fashion, there is a new website that they have come up with, and this time it's just for men. Now, men can shop from their homes and have some good clothes to go around in. Mr. Porter will be coming to their aid soon. This website will be coming up in January 2012. The founder of the company Natalie Massenet sold the stakes of the company to Richemont for £50m, which is a Swiss luxury goods group. Net-A-Porter was a small company that has bloomed into a big business now and it helps women throughout the world to buy fashionable clothes without stepping out of their homes. Since the website ships their packages to their homes, women could even buy stuff even if it wasn’t found in their city. The company usually comes up with great ideas and last year they came up with Outnet that is a website for those who cannot afford the expensive fashion brands and they could get heavy discounts on those designer pieces that would otherwise be out of reach. Some of the items to be showcased on this website will be from the Spring/Summer 2011 collection of design houses such as Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Yves Saint Lauren and Dunhill, and some other great brands to help men out. There are very few men who love shopping and hence Mr. Porter will make it easy for those who hate it. Via: Luxuryhub, Dailymail, Elitechoice

Volvo V60 Estate – Diesel Plug-in Hybrid Version Posted: 23 Feb 2011 01:01 AM PST The upcoming Geneva Motor Show will showcase the Volvo V60 Estate's diesel plug-in hybrid version. This cool car goes into production only in 2012. Although Peugeot is going to introduce a diesel hybrid version of the 3008 model, it lacks he plug-in capability. Plug-in hybrids are long lasting since they usually carry more batteries than regular hybrid vehicles and they can run longer on electric-only mode as well. Both, the Volvo and the Peugeot diesel hybrids vary from the ones used by Toyota. Toyota is the leader in hybrids and in those hybrids the electric motors and the combustion engine are compactly incorporated into a single package at the end front of the car and they are used to drive the front wheels. While in the upcoming diesel hybrid models from Volvo and Peugeot, the diesel engine drives the front wheels and the electric motors drive the wheels at the back. The new Volvo V60 Estate's diesel plug-in hybrid car has an electric motor with 70 horsepower, and will be able to cover 32 miles in the battery mode itself. The diesel engine provides 215 horsepower for full acceleration. The car has three modes called "pure", "power" and "hybrid" that can be accessed by different buttons. The car has carbon dioxide emissions of 49g/km. Via: Independent

iPad 2 will arrive soon Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:45 PM PST In an event scheduled for next March 2, Apple might introduce a new version of its tablet, iPad 2. The information was disclosed by a source close to the company, which denied the report that the production equipment would be delayed and that the products would be coming to market in June. According to news report by Reuters, Apple shares fell 3% after news of late iPad 2, because of possible difficulties that component manufacturers such as Hon Hai, were having to adapt production to recent design changes proposed by Apple. Speculation of a delay in iPad 2 occurred on the same day that a leaked news that Apple is expected to discuss the succession of its chief executive, Steve Jobs, who is away from the company on behalf of a medical problem. Last week, the value of Apple shares fell after the release of photos showing the company’s CEO, Steve Jobs, leaving a clinic for treatment of cancer. The major concern of investors with respect to uncertainty about the possible successor to Jobs at the helm of the company if the executive’s health problems getting worse, and how this may affect the future of the company, which is today the most valuable in the technology area . The health problems of Steve Jobs made the company’s executive to depart in mid-January, due to a medical leave. Fears over a possible cancer are related to the fact that the executive has had the disease in 2004, had surgery on the pancreas. Via: Reuters.

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